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Dennis Galahad, played by Jamie Kim, left, with King Arthur, played by Victoria Byers and Patsy played by Sophia Scott. Central secondary school is producing Spamalot, a musical comedy based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Laura Moreland, the director, says the show is the biggest in Central’s history with a cast of 32 students. (MIKE HENSEN, The London Free Press)

The Play:Spamalot, the musical comedy based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with book, lyrics and music by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez, presented by Central secondary school, directed by Laura Morland with musical direction by Amy McNall.

The Show: While the stage musical differs from the 1976 movie, it maintains much of the same humour and characters including King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, Sir Robin and Lancelot, the lewd French soldiers and the Black Knight, who is dismembered. The show parodies other Broadway musicals, as King Arthur is told by the Knights who say Ni to put on a musical, a quest that carries the show to its conclusion. Among the popular songs in the show are Always Look On The Bright Side of Life, He Is Not Dead Yet and The Song That Goes Like This.

The Quote: “This show is full of song and dance and comedy. You don’t have to know Monty Python or be a Monty Python fan to have a fantastic time.”

— director Laura Morland

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IF YOU GO

What: Spamalot, the musical comedy based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with book, lyrics and music by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez, presented by Central secondary school, directed by Laura Morland with musical direction by Amy McNall.

Where: Central secondary school, auditorium, 509 Waterloo St.

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

Tickets: $15 available at the door, the Grand Theatre box office at 571 Richmond St., by calling 519-672-8800 or toll free at 1-800-265-1593 or online at grandtheatre.com.